Impact Fees Limited In Annexation Pacts

March 10, 1995|By Peter Baniak.

Aurora — Despite objections by members of the Batavia school board, the Aurora City Council has approved two large northeast side annexation agreements without tacking on additional impact fees for area schools and parks.

Several members of the Batavia school district spoke at Tuesday's council meeting, asking that the fees be added to the annexation agreements in anticipation of an increase in students in the district's schools once the two developments, which are part of the school district, are completed.

The agreements call for about 200 homes to be built by SMS Development Corp. of Wheaton and R.A. Fanagel Builders of Winfield adjacent to land owned by Marmion Military Academy.

The agreements include land/cash donations for school and park districts, starting at $351 for each two-bedroom home and increasing to $1,087 for each four-bedroom house. The fees will increase by as much as 42 percent in 1996 and another 29 percent in 1997.